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This is a list of selected October 31 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico
USS Reuben James (DD-245)
Mount Rushmore
Indira Gandhi

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
1587 – Leiden University Library in Leiden in the Netherlands opened its doors, becoming one of the significant cultural centres in Europe during the Age of Enlightenment.	unreferenced section
1864 – Nevada was admitted as the 36th U.S. state, in part to help ensure Abraham Lincoln's re-election as President of the United States eight days later.	refimprove section
1941 – Over 400 workers completed the 60-foot (18 m) busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.	expansion
1997 – Nineteen-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Newton, Massachusetts.	refimprove, Need to verify date
2000 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport during heavy rain, killing 79 passengers and 4 crew members.	refimprove section
2003 – After 22 years in power, Tun Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.	featured on July 16

Eligible

1822 – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of the First Mexican Empire dissolved the Mexican Congress and replaced it with a military junta answerable only to him.
1913 – Public transportation workers in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, went on strike, shutting down mass transit in the city and sparking riots when strikebreakers attempted to restart services.
1941 – More than 101 crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking anti-Sikh riots throughout the country.
1999 – All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 were killed when the aircraft suddenly plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.

October 31: Halloween; Samhain begins (Northern Hemisphere); Beltane begins (Southern Hemisphere); Reformation Day (Protestantism)

Martin Luther

475 – Romulus Augustulus took the throne as the last ruling emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1517 – According to traditional accounts, Martin Luther (pictured) first posted his Ninety-Five Theses onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, present-day Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
1917 – World War I: Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba, often reported as "the last successful cavalry charge in history".
1973 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin after a hijacked helicopter landed in the prison's exercise yard.
2011 – The United Nations declared that the world's population had exceeded seven billion.

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 * [[475]] – '''[[Romulus Augustulus]]''' took the throne as the last ruling emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]].
 * [[1517]] – According to traditional accounts, [[Martin Luther]]<!--not bold, needs expert attention--> ''(pictured)'' first posted his '''[[The Ninety-Five Theses|Ninety-Five Theses]]''' onto the door of the [[All Saints' Church, Wittenberg|Castle Church]] in [[Wittenberg]], present-day Germany, marking the beginning of the [[Protestant Reformation]].
-* [[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] forces defeated [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] troops in [[Beersheba]] in Southern [[Palestine]] at the '''[[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Battle of Beersheba]]''', often reported as "the last successful [[charge (warfare)|cavalry charge]] in history".
+* [[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] forces defeated [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] troops in [[Beersheba]] in Southern [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] at the '''[[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Battle of Beersheba]]''', often reported as "the last successful [[charge (warfare)|cavalry charge]] in history".
 * [[1973]] – Three [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] members '''[[Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape|escaped]]''' from [[Mountjoy Prison]] in [[Dublin]] after a hijacked helicopter landed in the prison's exercise yard.
 * [[2011]] – The [[United Nations]] declared that the world's population had exceeded '''[[7 Billion Actions|seven billion]]'''.